Timothy Jackson

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How I Build with AI

Claude Code · Aug 28 – Oct 18, 2026

I run AI agents like a small engineering team. I split the work across parallel sessions, give each a clear brief, check what comes back against real systems, and make the calls that can't be undone myself.

Since August 2026

sessions
185
commits
659
pull requests merged
205

Tools Claude Code · Claude Opus · Claude in Chrome · ChatGPT · iTerm2

Rhythm

Aug 28Prompts per dayOct 18
12amTime of day11pm

2,485 prompts on the 33 days I used Claude in this snapshot.

How I work

  1. 66 sessions coordinating multiple agents

    Coordinate agents in parallel

    Backend, mobile and review agents run side by side and pass plans and findings to each other. I decide how the pieces fit together.

  2. 9,578 shell commands run by agents

    Verify against real data

    I don't take a fix on trust. Agents check production logs, database queries, simulator runs and the public road data feeds before I treat anything as done.

  3. 43 decisions Claude handed back to me

    I make the irreversible calls

    Merges and production access stay with me. Agents bring tradeoffs to me instead of guessing, and ask before touching work they don't own.

  4. 205 pull requests merged

    Ship small, reviewed changes

    Work lands as focused pull requests with tests and checks passing. Agents review each other's pull requests, and I regularly strip out comment noise and stale docs.

What the sessions look like

Kinds of sessions

  • Multi-step builds 61%
  • Iterative refinement 18%
  • Focused tasks 13%
  • Exploration 5%
  • Quick questions 3%

Where agents helped most

  • Multi-file changes
  • Debugging
  • Explaining systems
  • Proactive fixes

Currently building

  • TravelDot 144 sessions · 586 commits · active Oct 18

    A mobile app that turns official road, incident and weather data for your route into a short AI travel summary, so you can decide whether the trip is worth taking before you leave.

  • This site 3 sessions · 8 commits · active Oct 1

    Static portfolio, including the pipeline that generates this section.

    • Update TravelDot to Pre-Launch with site link
    • Fix broken light-mode snake image in README (#22)
    • Add "How I Build with AI" page generated from Claude Code usage (#21)

Generated from my own Claude Code session data by a small script that runs locally and publishes only aggregate numbers. Updated October 19, 2026.